Dictionary

denuclearize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /diːˈn(j)uːkliəˌɹaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English nuclear Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nuclearize English denuclearize From de- + nuclearize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.
   • America’s security, and your standing as leader of the free world, will rise if you get straight to work on these looming threats rather than expending yourself in another Sisyphean attempt to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, denuclearize North Korea or address the root causes of Latin American migration. 2024 November 5, Bret Stephens, “To Whom it May Concern”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

denuclearization

Synonyms

denuke

Translations (10)

pt desnuclearizar (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · fi riisua ydinaseista (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · es desnuclearizar (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · cmn 無核化 /无核化 (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · el αποπυρηνικοποιώ (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · fr dénucléariser (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · ca desnuclearitzar (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · it denuclearizzare (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · ru денуклеаризи́ровать (reduce number of nuclear weapons) · de denuklearisieren (reduce number of nuclear weapons)